Complete the text with the correct form of the verb

Yesterday i [ ] at home, doing nothing because it [ ] since morning. I turned on the TV. There [ ] a detective story on. In the very beginning I [ ] the plot really ordinary. I almost decided to turn it off when i [ ] my favourite actor on screen. The funny thing was that i [ ] research for school about him and his roles all the previous week and i [ ] that role which was one of his best ones. I was intrigued and decided to go on watching the film. And i [ ] any regrets about it because it turned out that the plot [ ] as usual as i [ ] before.